Completion

This morning began at approximately 3:12 AM

when a large fraternity compound a block away caught fire

five alarm blaze

helicopters parked overhead

somehow my husband slept through the insanity

but I could not

so I got up

and began the completion of two pieces that were awaiting a few details:

a clutch that had been reserved a few weeks back

and an orphan ring...

and I worked and worked and worked

with a happy heart

knowing that my eight hours just happened to be a bit off schedule

Here I am at 2:23

feeling a sense of great accomplishment

and joy:

I love this phase of things - the beholding

of what was once an idea

now made real.

The photo of the ring above was taken at 5:30 AM - I know it doesn't show much detail,

but I love the cool blue of the light

a bit cloudy from the neighborhood tragedy.

In a news interview one of the members of the fraternity

told the reporter that all of the other Greek houses around town

offered the 28 now-homeless inhabitants

a place to stay until they find a new house

or head home to parents...

that struck me as so neighborly and good - a small-college-town in the midst of city life.

xoxo,

Allison